On this Pakistan Day, the news of culprits of Motorway rape case being sentenced to death comes as a relief. Does it really? Will a mere capital punishment be able to change the culture that we have developed over more than last seven decades? What's the naan connection in this?

Pakistan Day - Naan & Rape Culture

It happens again. A white man goes on a killing spree, successfully kills six asian women in Atlanta, GA, gets arrested without any physical abuse, without having his head under the knees of law enforcement officials. 

The question is not why this happens. 

The question is that how do we get out of this. How do we break this barrier of racial privilege also known as White Privilege.

Racial Privilege - Breaking The Barrier

- What is a divided patriot?
- Do expats relinquish their birth right over their native countries?
- What drives people to either become part of the melting pot culture or be part of a kaleidoscope culture?

This topic came about my discussion with my friends around March 23 (Pakistan Day) in 2021 and based on that, I decided to give this some air time.

what are your thoughts?

The Divided Patriot

I follow up why doing inventory is important for a business with this brief but very crucial episode focusing on how doing inventory can result in good customer experience. 

- How does it result in increased sales?
- How does it impact bottom line of the business?
- How does it contribute towards earning and keeping more new customers?
- How does it reduce marketing expense?

Take a listen to this short episode and let's talk!!!

How Doing Inventory results in great customer experience

Is it just the different cities that impact our behaviors, personalities or do our decisions also leave a mark on the cities and how they evolve? 

- Which city you've lived in struck you with character?
- Is there a city that left an indelible mark on your personality?

Take a listen, share and let's talk...

The Urban Affair - Is our relation with cities a two way street!!!

I speak with another brave individual who decided to share her account of what pushed her to attempt to take her life after years of child abuse and inability or intentional ignorance of her family members towards this abuse.

- Why she wanted to do this?
- What pushed her to this extreme?
- How her family reacted to ongoing child abuse?
- How this mentality will change in our society?

Interview of child abuse survivor : A Generation lost...

In this episode of Talking Mental Health, Hafsa Farrukh sheds light on aspects of Postpartum Depression. She speaks about:

- What is postpartum depression?
- How is it different from baby blues?
- How can we identify it?
- How does it affect new parents and their relationships?
- How can we as society work to counter postpartum depression?

And more...

Postpartum Depression With Hafsa Farrukh

I speak about how non IT organizations can embrace agility by virtue of a collective people, product and process approach.

Agility & Non - IT Organizations

Is your organization suffering from framework syndrome as to which framework to use, whether to stay waterfall or to try embracing agility in mindset and practice adoption?

Is your organization suffering from Framework Syndrome?

Scrum Master and Product Owner are two distinct roles within agile framework that ensure planning and delivery of work in a methodical and seamless fashion. 

Can one person be both product owner and scrum master? I share my perspective and would love to hear from you.

Scrum Master & Product Owner - One Person Two Roles

What is business agility? Is it fast decision making or is it decision making at the very operational level? How much impact does positive mindset have on business and organizational agility? 

Let's talk...

Leadership Agility - Keys to organizational progress

This episode covers competencies you will employ in order to become a good scrum master. 

What are those character traits that you will need to excel at your job as a scrum master? How can you anticipate various dependencies arising in team of teams environment? What knowledge gap you need to overcome in order to transition to a scrum master?

So You Want To Be A Scrum Master !

I speak about top down and bottom up transformation and what they mean. We further explore why top down or bottom up change may work for your specific organization.

Agile Transformations : Top down or Bottom up?

This track deals with what makes for a relatively successful transition into the role of a scrum master providing you a platform for ongoing success. 

This is by no means a silver bullet and like any other role and you need constant learning and evolution to impact incremental relentless improvement.

Scrum Master: What drives your success in this role...

This episode encapsulates one key factor, (based on my experience in the field working as a scrum master, with scrum masters as an agile coach and RTE and even as product owner) paying attention to which can help a scrum master moving the needle from being a good to a great one at it.

What is this one critical success factor which does need help from so many other facets of a scrum master persona to succeed.

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Scrum Master: From good to a great one !

This was a webinar I did on June 01 2023 but never got around editing it. The topic is Dependency Management and how it impacts organizational culture where I share my personal experience working dependencies on team, program and enterprise level.

Dependency Management & how it impacts organizational culture

My conversation with former Test cricketer of Pakistan and stylish batsman; Yasir Hameed. We spoke about his love for cricket, how he saw cricket moving out of Pakistan after 2009 Lahore incident, test tours to Australia and mindset while playing there.

Toe crushers - Interview with former Pakistan Test Cricketer; Yasir Hameed

My first visit to this Pakistani food joint in Plano, TX where I experienced one of the best bun kababs I've ever had along with hospitality that makes me want to go back. Listen to why I will venture back...

DTE - Review - Puppu Kaffe - Plano

A wrap up of recently concluded ODI Cricket Series between Sri Lanka and Pakistan in Karachi, Pakistan.

Toe crushers - Review - SL Vs Pak ODI Series 2019

A preview of three match T20 International series between Pakistan and Sri Lanka as part of Sri Lanka's tour to Pakistan. My take on the playing XI and some teasers for next episode for this playlist.

Toe crushers - Preview - SL Vs Pak T20I Series 2019

My experience at one of the most consistently heard about Pakistani restaurant in Houston, TX during a recent trip down south. Would I recommend it to my family and friends or should you avoid it at all costs!!! Take a listen...

DTE - Review - Bismillah Restaurant & Cafe - Houston

Is Customer Experience defined by how good the product is or is it the service level that one gets from a business. In this episode, I touch base on a few things that become a matter of perspective when considered from various business owners' vantage point. What do you think makes for a good customer experience. Take a listen and provide some feedback.

DTE - Is Customer Experience a matter of Perspective

Instead of speaking with others who went through this, I decided to share a more personal aspect of my recent times in hopes to attract more conversations about other more serious topics in our lives. Take a listen, tell me what you think about this episode and share an experience if you or someone you know has gone through something like this...

We the People - Laid off, there's still life!!!

My experience at one Overland Park restaurant during work trip. How did I find the place when I didn't even intend to be there in the first place? Would I recommend you taking your friends there? Take a listen and share your feedback and comments.

DTE - Review - Shagan's Restaurant & Paranthas - Overland Park

Is third time the charm when it comes to the same place but different business establishment with new name? Our evening at Beba BBQ during which we tried some good food with nice company. Would I recommend this place to you or would I go back again? Take a listen to know and share if you like this review...

DTE - Review - Beba BBQ - Dallas

My conversation with a domestic violence fighter and her account of how mental and physical abuse over the course of two decades helped her evolve into the being she is today. Was religion to blame or false egos? What made her break the shackles?

Take a listen and share to encourage the conversation!!!

Interview - Two Decades Of Domestic Violence

On the back of my recent mixed customer feedback experience, I bring to you this episode in which I share with you whether customer feedback really matters. Does your business listen to your customers? What's the best customer experience act you're seen a business perform?

Take a listen, share with your customer experience friends and let's talk...

DTE - How Customer feedback impacts revenues?

Take a listen as I dissect this team that is more than just a few cricketers playing together. What sets them apart and how their leadership factors in towards their success? Will they lift their second title in this year's HBL PSL...

Let's talk cricket...

Toe crushers - PSL 5 - Peshawar Zalmi

We have seen #metoo from Hollywood to Lollywood and the Vatican to Supreme Court of The United States. This is all good but when will we start talking about the elephant in our lives which is sexual abuse and Islamic religious leaders?

This is a short series I’ve done which opens up the conversation about sexual abuse and Islamic leaders in the aftermath of two North Texas cases (Mohamed Omar Ali in Houston and Zia-ul-Haq Sheikh of Irving Islamic Center).

Sexual abuse & religious leaders - Ep. 1 (Intro.)

This is my humble attempt of presenting Urdu translation of English lectures on the topic of The Life in The Barzakh by Shaykh Dr. Yasir Qadhi on how it is after our souls leave our worldly bodies. I was so impressed by the first episode of this ten episode series that I wanted to attempt to translate this for anyone who might feel at home listening to it in Urdu.

What is Barzakh? What's the difference between Rooh of Prophet Adam and other humans? How did our souls know who our Rabb was right after being created?

Take a listen, share and let's learn together...

Barzakh - Ep. 1 (What is Barzakh?)

This is the second episode in Barzakh series translation of lectures presented by Dr. Yasir Qadhi. In this episode we learn about Illiyeen and Sijjiyeen, what happens right after one dies, how one's deeds in duniya present themselves in Barzakh.


Urdu translation of ten episode English series by Dr. Yasir Qadhi titled “Life in the Barzakh”.

Source:
https://youtu.be/_agssk2JqGA


It is all part of this episode of Life in the Barzakh. Take a listen and share your takeaway.

Barzakh - Ep. 2 (Events right after death)

- What do you do when law enforcement officers start taking lives extrajudicially...
- What do you do when in the name of protests, people burn down public property...
- What do you do when we have leaders who don’t know how to lead and ones who do don’t want to...

How, just how do we go about making this nation great again!!!

Make America (not just white America) Great Again ...

Why Muslims and Pakistanis should support Black Lives Matter? Is it only because of our faith or oppressed similarities? Why should we stand up our African American community members?

Why Muslims/Pakistanis should support Black Lives Matter...

Episode 4 brings to light the concept of Naeem ul Qabr once souls pass the examination of Munkar and Nakeer. What happens when the grave squeezes and how much for whom? Will children face fitnah-tul-qabr? What is the different between fitnah and azab of qabr?


Urdu translation of ten episode English series by Dr. Yasir Qadhi titled “Life in the Barzakh”.

Source:
https://youtu.be/_eWmojECgdA


Take a listen, share and let's share our understanding...

Barzakh - Ep. 4 - Azab-e-Qabr (Punishment of the grave)

My conversation with one gem of a person who is leader by virtue of personal influence. I speak with him in the aftermath of recent BLM protests and his involvement with Keller protest. Why did he decide to transition into public office life from being a successful businessman? What drives him to continue being the best version of himself? All this in my conversation with Mujeeb Kazi from Keller, TX.

Take a listen, ask questions and let's contribute to policy making...

Interview With Mujeeb Kazi (City of Keller - Place 6)

Fifth episode in the Urdu translation of Dr. Qadhi's English series 'Life in the Barzakh' focuses on acts that will result in Azab-e-Qabr. Acts that humans (kafir and momin) need to be careful about. What are those actions? How can we take care of how we are treated in Qabr after Munkar and Nakeer test us...

Urdu translation of ten episode English series by Dr. Yasir Qadhi titled “Life in the Barzakh”.

Source:
https://youtu.be/xycxHgFDDTU

Take a listen, share and let's share our understanding...

Barzakh - Ep. 5 - Acts That Result In Azab-e-Qabr

Episode 9 wraps up the acts that can be gifted to a deceased muslim. There has been conflict on whether qirat-e-Quran can be gifted.
- What do four Fiqh leaders say about it?
- What do other scholars have to say about gifting of deeds?
- How many deeds should one gift?
- Do we have any right over a deed we gifted to deceased muslim?


Urdu translation of ten episode English series by Dr. Yasir Qadhi titled “Life in the Barzakh”.

Source:
https://youtu.be/UXOH1WFcylM


Take a listen, share and let's learn...

Barzakh - Ep. 9 (Acts That Benefit The Dead - 2)

I'm fascinated by "why we (humans) do the things that we do?" In my quest to understand this, I present this endeavor of mine...

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